Case Studies: Shannon Medical Center

San Angelo, Texas, United States

Company Background

In their industry, the company must rely on robust technology to handle sensitive and important data across many different aspects of a hospital's information infrastructure. In their solutions, they strive for ease of implementation as well as low cost of deployment.

Looking For Flexibility At The Right Price

In a recent implementation, the team at Shannon Medical Center was tasked with making use of an already implemented Decision Support System that contained important hospital data.

Instead of working with the inflexible technology already in place, the implementation team chose to rebuild the key system from scratch using PostgreSQL as the database. "With PostgreSQL, I was able to create a system with maximum flexibility and control and minimal cost," says Andrew Gould, the principal architect in charge of Shannon Medical Center team. "I am now able to provide Senior Management with information that they've never had."

PostgreSQL Solves The Data Dilemma

Thanks to the open standards used by PostgreSQL, and the ease of use in a complex IT infrastructure, Shannon Medical Center succeeded in deploying the technology with little difficulty and with great benefit for their client. The analysts were now able to work with data in new and exciting ways to improve the hospital.s bottom line.